[3] With her law studies she followed the careerpath of her mother Elizabeta Györkös, who worked as a public prosecutor in Maribor.

[3][5] She faced criticism from opposition Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) in 2015, in a case regarding the arrest of Kosovar politician Ramush Haradinaj at Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport.

[6] In September 2015, in response to the European migrant crisis Hungary unilaterally placed a fence on the border to Slovenia.

After Györkös Žnidar spoke with her Hungarian counterpart the fence was removed and the two countries decided to form joint border controls.

[7] In February 2016 Györkös Žnidar announced to limit her country's migration quota to that of Austria.